Desolate Forgotten
The Desolate Forgotten is one of the two kinds of forgotten found in Teneris; the other is the Gravewalker Forgotten.1
Even if a desolate forgotten does not remember it, its mortal body witnessed the catastrophe called The Desolation, which struck in the deserts of the south and swept across the entire continent. Many others who share the same fate still roam with hearts full of rage, and almost none of them know that they are dead. A desolate forgotten is aware of the horrifying truth.1
The marks of undeath weigh more heavily on a desolate forgotten than on a gravewalker, who can with some effort choose to live a life within society.1
Like all forgotten, a desolate forgotten does not decay; its heart does not beat and it does not breathe, age or have children. To keep its sanity it must follow a purpose left from its former life or find a new one.1
Notes
- ↑BookBook of Dead, p. 13
Sources
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- BoDBook of Dead(Bad Badger Games, 2024), p. 13
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Book of Dead (Bad Badger Games, 2024), p. 12. Art by the Bad Badger Games team.
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